From Ball Chair to Rocket Stool – 30 Years in the Making
Rocket Stool was designed fourteen years ago by Eero Aarnio – you know, the guy who also designed Ball Chair in 1963. Its kind of ironic for a guy who made his mark with the innovative use of plastic and fiberglass to create such a simple wood stool thirty years later. But then again, he is a Finn – a culture with a penchant for simple, earthy design. What’s interesting about Rocket is that its shape would really lend itself to plastic – to me, that makes it all the more appealing. In 2006, Aarnio introduced Baby Rocket, a child sized version of same.
